422 XLiv. SAPlNDACE^ (baker). [Schmidella. 



late in the upper third, texture subcoriaceous, both sides quite glabrous, bright 

 green, the veins beneath slender and not much raised. Flowers in copious 

 elongated panicles on firm, woody, naked peduncles, 2-3 in. long, from the 

 axils of the leaves. Branches laxly racemose, the flowers slightly clustered, 

 the rachis and pedicels a little downy, the latter about equalling the flowers, 

 which are \ line long. Sepals green, glabrous, boat-shaped, much imbricated, 

 rather shorter than the Ungulate whitish petals, which are densely villose over 

 the inner surface. Anthers not seen. Immature fruit a round, solitary, 

 blackish, coriaceous, naked coccus. 



Upper Guinea. Prince's Island, Barter ! 

 A well-marked species. 



3. S. alnifolia. Baker. Branches woody, glabrous, smooth, brown, 

 terete. Petioles firm, slender, glabrous, 1|— 2 in. long. Leaflets 3, all obo- 

 vate-cuneate, the central one short-stalked, 2-2-^ in. long by half as broad, 

 the point blunt, the lower two-thirds narrowed gradually, the edge subentire, 

 the lateral ones similar, but smaller and rather unequal-sided, ^texture sub- 

 coriaceous, both sides quite glabrous ; veins beneath not raised. Flowers 

 in lax, very slender simple racemes, 3-4 in. long, on peduncles about 1 in. 

 long, from the axils of the leaves ; rachis and pedicels nearly glabrous, the 

 latter equalling the glabrous green sepals, the two larger of which are \ line 

 long, broader than long, ultimately spreading or even reflexed. Petals none. 

 Stamens not seen. Ovary globose, grey-villose, with a 2-fid naked style, 

 more than twice as long as the calyx. Pruit not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes ! 



This comes near the common Mascarene S. integrifolia, DC, in many respects, but differs 

 materially in the shape of the leaves. 



4. S. repanda. Baker. A small tree, with glabrous, terete, slender, 

 mottled, brownish, ultimate branches. Petioles 1-li in. long, slender, glabrous. 

 Leaflets 3, the centriil one oblong-cuneate, 2-3^ in. long, 1-1 i in. broad, 

 broadest about halfway down, the point acute, the edge conspicuously inciso- 

 repand, the lower third narrowly cuneate and entire, with a short petiole, 

 texture membranous, both sides quite glabrous, the upper deep green, the lower 

 paler, the veins fine and but little raised. Flowers in lax slender simple or 

 slightly branched racemes, 3-4 in. long, on slender glabrous peduncles 1-2 in. 

 long, from the axils of the leaves ; rachis glabrous or a little ' downy ; the 

 flowers in clusters, those of the lower part with a space between them. Pe- 

 dicels glabrous, slender, equalling the calyx, which is not more than i line 

 long. Sepals round, glabrous on the back, green, with a membranous border. 

 Petals none. Ovary grey-villose, the style glabrous, exserted, 2-fid. Sta- 

 mens and fruit not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Banks of the Shire and Rovuma, Drs. Kirk and Meller ! 

 Gathered also on the Livingstone Expedition on Mohilla Island. Agrees with S. alni- 

 folia in the flowers, but the racemes sometimes branched and leaves very different. 



5. S. affinis, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 121. A tree, 20 ft. high, with 

 woody, finely grey-villose, terete, ultimate branches. Petioles firm, woody, 

 1-2 in. long. Leaflets 3, nearly sessile, oblong-cuneate, the central one 



